Wireless carrier toes a fine line between appeasing its investors and customers

Two days after T-Mobile US Inc. Chief Executive John Legere led a flashy Los Angeles event to launch free video streaming to customers and blasted the business practices of rivals, the carrier was sending a different message to Wall Street.

Chief Financial Officer Braxton Carter, speaking at an investor conference in Spain Thursday, opened with comments about how the carrier was raising prices and nudging people toward plans that limit their data allotments.